Bomb.



G. SUBIECKI.

BOMB.

APPLICATION FILED MAYH. 1918.

1,292,408. Q Patented- Jan. 21,1919.

GEORGE SUBIEOKI, OF McALPIIq, WEST VIRGINIA.

Bonn.

Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented an. 21, 1919.

Application med my 11, 1918. Serial No. 233,901.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonen citizen of Russia, the county of Raleigh Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bombs, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an explosive bomb adapted to be thrown through the air or dropped from an aeroplane and designed to explode through the agency of ignition means when the bomb strikes an object at any side of the device.

A further object of the invention is to provide a bomb that may rest upon a surface or have its exterior casing contacted without exploding the device but is so arranged that when hitting an object the contents of the bomb will be ignited thereby causing a violent explosion for the annihila- Smnnoxr, a

tion of the enemy in whose midst the device is adapted to be projected.

A still further object of the device is to provide a bomb that would not'be accidentally exploded when being transferred from place to place but will be certain to explode when dropped upon the earth from an air craft, the structure being simple and inexpensive to manufacture but having great power.

In the drawing forming a part of this application and in which ike numerals refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is an elevational vice; and

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion thereof showing an exploding as well asa device.

Although my invention possesses great simplicity, the same is capable of killing a large number of the enemys troops during an "explosion of the bomb. The invention broadly consists of the spherical casing 10 formed of metal adapted to be filled with an explosive material 11 through one or more filling openings 12 provided in the casing and havin threaded closure plugs 13.

An exp osive is employed for the bomb which will not ordinarily explode u on view of the dedropping or hitting the casing 10 w on filled with such explosive 11 but the same requires to be ignited tocause such material 11.130 explode for operating the device.

Radially arranged cups 14 inwardly proresiding at McAlpin, in

and State of West filling means employed with the readily ject from the casing 10 being preferably formed integral therewith, an opening 15 being provided in the bottom of each of the cups 14 having a fulminating cap 16 overlying such perforation and positioned within thecup upon the bottom thereof. A firmg pin 17 is .slidably positioned through the perforated cap 18 with which each cup 14' is provided, a washer, 19 being secured upon the pin 17 within the cup for limiting the outward movement of the pin.

A @ni al spring 20 seats upon the bottom of each cup 14 and bears against the washer 19 for normally holding the washer against the cap 18 with the inner pointed end 21 of the pin 17 spaced from the adjacent explosive cap 16. A coil spring 22 encircles each of the pins 17 exteriorly of the casing 10 with its inner ends seated in a groove 23 of the casing and with the outer end ofthe sprlng engaging a head 24 secured to the outer end of the firing pin 17.

The complete operation of the device will be apparent from this detailed description thereof, it being understood that any violent blow administered to the head 24 will inwardly drive the pin 17 to which said head is attached causing the pointed end 21 of the pin to pierce the cap 16 which explodes and ignites the contained explosive 11 resulting in a violent disruption of the entire device".

pins 17 thereof in the manner described and causing the bomb to explode with the desired results.

'The filled or loaded casings 10 may be shipped in quantities without any danger of exploding by omitting the firing pin 17 and the positioning means for the pins as well as the caps 16 while such members may be readily assembled after the bombs are delivered at the battlefield. The assembling and disassembling of the firing pin 17 and its positioning mechanism is easily accomplished by means of the threaded caps 18 for the cups 14, it being seen that the perforations 15 may be temporarily 24 will be contacted for operating the firing closed during transportation by any conreason of its own Weight through the water for contacting and injuring a submarine craft.

What I claim as new is V In combination with a metal spherical casing, integral cups carried by the casing radially projecting inwardly thereof, the inwardly arranged bottom of each of said cups-having a central perforation therein, a filling plug for the casing, an explosive substantially filling the interior of the easing and surrounding said cups, an explosive cap upon the bottom of each cup overlying the perforation thereof, a removable disk guide cap threaded in the outer end of each cup, a firing pin slidably positioned through each cap axially of its respective cup and having a pointed inner end, a washer upon each pin, a spring within each cup positioned between the bottom thereof and the adjacent Washer whereby the pointed end of the pin is normally spaced from the adjacent ignition cap with said washer engaging the adjacent guide cap, a contact head upon the outer end of'each firing pin,.and a coil spring surrounding each pin tensioned between the head thereof and an adjacent por- 5 t-ion of the casing surrounding the guide cap for said pin.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

GEORGE SUBIECKI. 

